WAR ON RHEUMATISM
NEW CLINICS FOR BRITISH WORKERS heavy, economic loss British Official Wireless Heed. Noon. RUGBY, Thursday. The Queen will open next Tuesday a special clinic for the specific treatment of rheumatism, which is the first of many to be established throughout the country, principally in Industrial areas, by the Red Cross Society, with the assistance and approval of the AI inis try of Health. It is estimated that 16 per cent, of industrial disability in Britain is due to rheumatic diseases, at an annual jmst of £2,000,000 in sick benefits, ’he clinics are to be equipped with all the latest methods for combating the scourge, as recommended by the commission which has been investigating the subject in Britain and abroad. Apparatus for massage. special baths, artificial sunlight and other torms of electrical treatment are to be made available to workers within easy reach of their homes.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 903, 21 February 1930, Page 11
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148WAR ON RHEUMATISM Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 903, 21 February 1930, Page 11
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